Unit
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English
Noun
unit (plural units)
- (scientific) A standard measure of a quantity.
- The centimetre is a unit of length.
- An organized group comprising people and/or equipment.
- He was a member of a special police unit.
- (military) A member of a military group.
- The fifth tank brigade moved in with 20 units. (i.e. 20 tanks)
- (algebra) An element of a ring having a multiplicative inverse.
- (commerce) An item which may be sold singly.
- We shipped nearly twice as many units this month as last month.
Synonyms
- (identity element): identity element, unit element
Translations
standard measure of a quantity
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organized group comprising people and/or equipment
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member of a larger military group
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algebraic unit
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item sold singly
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Translatios to be checked
The translations below might be out of synch with the definitions above. Would native speakers please check them and insert them into the appropriate table(s) above.
- German: Einheit f
- Indonesian: satuan
- Korean: 단위 [單位] (danwi)
- Polish: jednostka f
- Slovak: jednotka f
- Spanish: unidad f
Adjective
unit (not comparable)
- For each unit.
- We have to keep our unit costs down if we want to make a profit.
- (mathematics) Having a size or magnitude of one.
- All solutions lie within the unit disc centered at the origin.
Translations
for each unit
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mathematical
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